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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I understand it is free, But having very limited actual control is still a major downside, As I can't change the render distance, The Performance or much for that matter. I advise to just get a spare... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am in the exact version of Minecraft and it says “incompatible version!” , the game is usually very laggy and it times out every hour

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Aternos good sides: automated setup Aternos bad sides: old ass intel hardware, no plugin freedom, no mods freedom, no custom jars, supports only minecraft, server takes up to 15 minutes to star... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I don't understand why there are so many 1 star reviews, this is literally a COMPLETELY FREE server host and people expect that it has the same things as a 30€ one, wich I personally think it has. The... See more

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

766 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Aternos

Aternos, Thank you.
I would have never been able to play with my friends without this! THANK YOU! I hear people getting mad about the lag, download a plugin called clear lagg.
Remember to change the config so that boats and minecarts don't get deleted (and dropped items.)

May 29, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The best free Minecraft Bedrock/Java you'll find

The best free Minecraft hosting you'll most likely find,
Aternos makes managing a server easy as pressing a button. You can't play the tutorials on the server management because of the ads, the queue to turn on your server, and the time for them to force server shutdown if there are no players though they give good reasons for the queue and force shutdowns, everything else is good.

May 26, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away

Stay away, aternos servers are extremely laggy to the point you can't even have fun on them, they claim to have lag-free servers, but they are the complete opposite. Stay away.

May 27, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I needed some help on the mod 'flans'

I needed some help on the mod 'Flans mod' and the responses the support team on their Discord gave me were rude and disrespectful. They even had the audacity to send me a link to google about one of my questions about THEIR server.

May 27, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Too laggy

Too laggy, can barely do anything. It takes me about a whole minute to destroy 1 block because it keeps placing it back and glitching. Game keeps teleporting me back too.

May 3, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good service

Fast servers, good mod support, nearly every Minecraft version playable, customisation is very good, 5 stars :)

April 30, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing servers

Aternos has been an amazing company in provision of Minecraft servers so far. Many of the reviews found here are namely complaints regarding performance for public servers, but these forget that Aternos was always meant for servers shared between friends. If you know what you're doing, you can truly get the best out of Aternos and make something amazing.

April 25, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

aternos is overrated

SUPER LAGGY, kicked out most times, glitched, can't join server, slow animations and much more I would recommend play mine hut or other free Minecraft server websites and even with paper and spigot its still laggy.

April 12, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

cant log in

I can log in in aternos I searched everywhere where i cant solve this but i cant overall this site is garbage

February 20, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It used to be great, but now...

It used to be great, but now it constantly times out and lags and etc. Thought it was just my internet, but when tested, my internet was fine. The other player on the server also experienced these issues, and I don't think that both of us have "bad internet" conveniently at the same time and only when trying to connect to that specific server. When looking for answers, other people who had the same issues were told by aternos devs that it was just the players' internet or that it was on the players' end. It bothers me that there are no actual helpful responses or articles to this problem. It feels like Aternos is just trying to shove off and ignore these raging issues. I understand that Aternos doesn't want to accept donations for whatever reason, but it's clear that the ad revenue on their site or whatever they do to get money isn't doing enough to keep everything running smoothly. They claim that "donations would be useless," and that they don't need the money, but what they do need is to get their services working properly, and I don't think they have enough money to do that. I miss the old Aternos. It's truly a shame that they have gone so downhill. As a long-time player on Aternos servers, literally, someone who played on them when the site first came up, I hope they can get everything figured out. I want to play with my friends again.

January 3, 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pathetic Lag

Absolutely pathetic, terrible lag with continuous disconnection from server, keeps kicking you out of the server and freezes every 4 seconds along with a million glitches.

December 9, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Aternos is mid

Aternos is great... for the most part. My friends and I enjoy playing it all together. The lag is a little rough, it takes forever to load up , sometimes i'm stuck in queue for an hour, but what is really angering is sometimes my game wont even let me in the server, claiming an "unknown host". I've never had a problem with past servers until this one. Hope aternos fixes this.

December 11, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Get disconnected without reason

Their server is a trash. We planned to play in the server on a day and the whole time we automatically
get disconnected from our server. It's been 2 day and the problem haven't even solved yet.

December 9, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I cant even start up my server for it…

I cant even start up my server for it to crash i just want to make a simple moded server and i cant even start it up i wish i could it just does not work and i dont like its good to make a vanilla server but when you want a modded server your asking too much..

November 22, 2022
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